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Top Russian And U.S. Officials To Meet In Riyadh Over Ukraine War (Video)

Marco Rubio arrived in Saudi Arabia (Screen grab from AP Video)

By Missy Ryan

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Top U.S. and Russian officials will meet in Saudi Arabia Tuesday to discuss the war in Ukraine, officials said, as Washington and Moscow race to advance President Donald Trump’s bid to broker an end to the conflict and, potentially, conclude a long period of frigid relations.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who will lead Russia’s delegation for talks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other top American officials, said the time had come for the United States and Russia to put an “absolutely abnormal period” of estrangement behind them. “We want to listen to our partners,” Lavrov told reporters Monday in Moscow.

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the talks in Saudi Arabia would lay the groundwork for a planned summit between Trump and President Vladimir Putin.

The discussions will also include Trump’s national security adviser Michael Waltz and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a statement.

The high-level encounter, just weeks after Trump’s return to office, represents a stunning departure from America’s previous stance toward Russia following Putin’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, which led President Joe Biden to spearhead a Western coalition that imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia’s economy and sidelined Putin diplomatically.


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